Crime spree suspect enters not-guilty plea

A man accused of going on a crime spree last month that included the near-fatal beating of a teenager pleaded not guilty Friday in San Diego Superior Court to a string of felony charges, including premeditated attempted murder.

Terrence Jarvis, 26, also faces charges of robbery, with gang and gun-use allegations, felony battery, attempted robbery and shooting into an inhabited dwelling. He is being held in county jail on a no-bail status.

A co-defendant, David White, 20, faces similar charges.

Deputy District Attorney Christopher Lawson said the crime spree by Jarvis and White began Dec. 27, with a gang-related assault in Emerald Hills, the robbing of a woman in Mountain View and an attempted robbery at Woodstock’s Pizza on El Cajon Boulevard.

They also are accused of beating and robbing UC Berkeley student Grant Richman, 18, in the College Area.

Defense lawyer gets probation in DUI case

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A prominent San Diego defense attorney who was found in October passed out or sleeping behind the wheel of his car in Borrego Springs was convicted this month of misdemeanor DUI charges and given five years’ probation.

A Vista Superior Court jury found Allen Robert Bloom, 61, guilty of driving under the influence and driving with a blood-alcohol content of more than 0.08 percent, the legal limit for drivers in California.

Deputy District Attorney Aimee McLeod said Bloom’s blood-alcohol content measured 0.10 percent about two hours after a sheriff’s deputy found him incapacitated.

Bloom was not operating the vehicle at the time, his attorney, Vikas Bajaj, said during the trial.

Bloom is representing Arlie Ricasa, one of the defendants in the Sweetwater Union High School District public-corruption case.